Last week was an exciting week!  We had the 100th day of school which was very eventful.  Students wrote about being 100 years old, what they would do with 100 dollars, and something that they didn't know 100 days ago but now do.  It was all very cute.  We made a class book in Reading and a class book in Math.  The students also made a portrait of themselves at 100 years old.  They are hanging in the hallway now and will come home soon.  We also made 100 day trail mix.  Everyone got to pick 10 of 10 different things.  Then count by 10's to get to 100.  Then EAT!

In reading, we worked on comparing nonfiction texts.  The students all were very engaged in reading and exploring nonfiction texts.  We compared the text features in non fiction text such as headings, highlights, table of contents, bold words, etc. using venn diagrams.  We looked at some Pebble Go! books online as examples.  This is available to you at home through Wellington's website.  You will just need to go through the media center link.  It is a very neat website with lots of great books!   

We started studying verbs.  We did some movement activities with verbs as well as created our very own "action" heros and did a noun and verb scavenger hunt around the school.  Everyone LOVED it.  Please work on subject verb agreement at home!!!  If anything, this is what students struggled with the most. 

In math we started length.  A few students have moved around in math (between Ms. Poer's and I) and it has been GREAT!  We are trying this for a few units to see if it's something that we would like to keep.  Please let me know if you have any questions.  Length has been really fun for the students.  They have measured LOTS of things around the classroom using non-standard units such as paper clips, craft sticks, etc.  They even got to trace and measure their shoes!  

Have a great night!


Ms. Jervis